It has been said that everyone lived by selling something.
In the light of
This statement, teachers live by selling knowledge ,
philosophers by
Selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort
thought it may be
Possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of
money
It is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the
service which
People perform for us
. There are times when we would willingly give
Everything we possess so save our lives yet we might grudge
paying a
Surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service
the condition
Of society are such that skills have to be paid for in same
way that goods
Are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell
tramps seem
To be the only exception to this general rule beggars almost
sell
Themselves as human beings to arouse the pity of passers by
but real tramps
Are not beggars they have nothing to sell and require
nothing from
Others in seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their
human dignity
A tramp may ask you for money , but he will never ask you to
feel sorry
For him he has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads
and is fully
Aware of the consequences he may never be sure where the
next meal
Is coming from , but he is free from the thousands of anxieties
which
Afflict other people
. His few material possessions make it possible
From him to move from place to place with ease by having to
sleep
In the open he gests for closer to the world of nature than
most of us ever
Do he may hunt , beg or steal occasionally to keep himself
alive he may
Even in times of real need do a little work but he will
never sacrifice his
Freedom we often speak of tramps with contempt and put them
in the same